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    Derana: SL vote tomorrow

    Highly places diplomatic sources in Geneva told Ada Derana that the US backed resolution on Sri Lanka would most likely be taken up tomorrow (March 21) afternoon at the UN Human Rights Council session. Prior to the vote all member states will be given 3 minutes to make their statement...
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    SL/ US: we have the votes

    US officials in Geneva say they have the necessary votes to pass the resolution on Sri Lanka which calls for reconciliation & accountability. Pro government Sri Lankan media reported on saturday that Sri Lanka has 25 votes to defeat the US-led resolution in the 47 member council. The vote...
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    Dr. Peiris meeting Hillary

    (File Photo) Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris has decided to accept US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s invitation for bilateral meetings in Washington DC next month, nearly two months after the senior US official invited her Sri Lankan counterpart for...
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    Man shot dead in Katunayake

    A person has been shot and killed in the Adiambalama area in Katunayake. The shooting had been carried out by unknown gunmen who had arrived on a motorbike, Katunayake Police said. The victim, 32, is said to be a resident of Daladagama, Mahawa. Postmortem examination is to be conducted at...
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    Olympics on Rupavahini

    The exclusive broadcasting rights in Sri Lanka to the 2012 London Olympics are to remain with the state owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), the sports minister has said. A Sri Lankan newspaper had claimed the Carlton Sports Network (CSN), reportedly owned by President Mahinda...
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    SL media upset with India, calls stand a 'body blow'

    Apparently upset with India, Sri Lankan media on Tuesday said that the former's stand on the US moved resolution against Lanka was a 'body blow' to the country. "It was only the other day that the Indian government made it very clear that it was opposed to the any country specific...
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    Canada presses Sri Lanka to reconcile with Tamil minority

    The Harper government is dispatching a delegation to Sri Lanka as it presses the country to launch a post-war reconciliation with its Tamil minority. Sending the delegation to Sri Lanka, which has sometimes restricted access for foreign officials, is intended to underline Ottawa’s keen...
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    SL: US pleased with India

    US officials don’t want to count their chickens before they’re hatched. Still, they are incredibly pleased that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came out on Monday and told parliament that India was “inclined” to back a US-sponsored UN resolution asking Sri Lanka to investigate if their armed...
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    CID quiz foreign filmmakers

    The CID has seized the equipment of two foreign independent film makers and questioned them after they recorded footage on tourism and development in Kalpitiya. Belgium independent film maker Guilhem de Crombrugghe and his French girlfriend Marie Ferdinands were in Kalpitiya over the...
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    SL/India: Jayalalithaa Slams PM Remark

    Dismissing as "non-committal" and "futile" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on India's stand on the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said it made no reference to alleged human rights violations by Colombo. "He didn't...
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    Wimal: Americans trying to kill me

    Minister Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that he had been subjected to a huge attack and local Americans were trying to kill him following a request he made to boycott American products. “Yes, I made a request from our patriotic Sri Lankans to boycott America and American products to show...
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    Sunandra denies ITN report

    Exiled Sri Lankan activist Sunanda Deshapriya denies government media reports saying he was arrested by the Geneva police. wo tkï ud¾;= 19 jk Èk ðkSjd ysñlï fldñiu bÈßmsg fo;=ka ishhla muK úfoia .; Y%S ,xlsl msßila iduldó Woaf>daIKhl ksr; jQy' fuu Woaf>daIlhska lshd isáfha Y%S ,xldfõ udkj...
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    SL expects Indian support

    Sri Lanka's Foreign Secretary Karunatilake Amunugama told Reuters India had not informed his government of any change in position. "I would say they would take a measured response considering our friendship and bilateral relations. So we believe India would support us," he said. "Not...
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    Heavy traffic in Town Hall

    A heavy traffic jam is reported around the Town Hall due to a protest staged by Buddhist monks against the US Led resolution at the UNHRC. DM
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    JVP: India never supported SL

    The JVP said today that India never supported Sri Lanka at any moment in its efforts to solve the national question. Speaking to the Daily Mirror online JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe said that it is this policy that the congress party government pursues to this day. “India never...
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    TNA welcomes Indian move

    TNA parliamentarian Mavai Senathirajah commended the Indian support towards the US led resolution at the UNHRC. “This decision taken by the government of India is most welcome because their role is very important in the efforts of national reconciliation and a lasting political solution for...
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    TNA: Champika fanning communal unrest

    Batticaloa District TNA Parliamentarian P. Ariyanenthiran cautioned that Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka will be responsible of fanning communal unrest in the country in the future. Ariyanenthiran released a statement yesterday to counter the comments made by Champika Ranawaka...
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    Karuna Welcomes Govt Decision to Back US Resolution

    Welcoming the Indian government's decision to back the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said his party had even decided to pull out its ministers from UPA and extend issue based support to it in the event of its demand not being met...
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    SL: HRW hails India

    Human Rights Watch on Monday hailed India's decision to vote against Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva over a "war crimes" resolution. "The Indian government has done the right thing by analyzing each situation separately instead of a knee-jerk response against a...

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